Bending over the cup, Clarisse gives a little sniff, trying to smell whatever's floating around in her tea. It's nothing she can identify, but it doesn't smell bad, so after a couple seconds she straightens up again to face Gela.

"So instead of saying 'sorry' you'd say 'sorry for shoving your head into a toilet,'" is what she's getting from this. "But then what if they think you're only saying what they want to hear? Like—what if they don't believe you?"